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What are you Reading? (August 2023) (lemmy.world)
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I've put together a collage of some books from last months What are you Reading? post. It's mostly random, but the more discussion something gets the more it stands out to me. Going forward I'm going to make a new post every month to talk about what people are reading.

Here is last months post. What are you Reading? (July 2023)

At any rate, what are you currently reading or plan to read in August?

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[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

About halfway through Lords of Uncreation, the third book in the Final Architecture trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

They are to space opera what his children series is to hard science fiction. It has imaginative aliens that resist monoculture stereotypes and ominous, seemingly implacable foes. The technology never descends to Star Wars' (for better or worse), but standard tropes like FTL and gravitic control are all fundamental assumptions. However, once those assumptions are made, everything that follows is consistent and reasonable to the setting.

The cast is diverse, interesting and entertaining and the pacing is nothing short of breakneck.

[–] Izzy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recently read the Final Architecture trilogy and it might be one of my all time favorites now. I would highly recommend it for anyone who is a fan of space opera.

[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I felt comfortable recommending anything by Adrian Tchaikovsky, but I'm pleased to hear it isn't just me that's enjoyed these books!